George Hunzinger furniture fans will probably be interested to see this chair design by him based on the 1869 brace patent. This is not a common form and I personally haven’t seen one in the past. You can see the chair without arms in the Hunzinger book on page 66.

Of interest to me are the ebonized touches in the incising and in the crest as well as the rear leg shape.
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No sooner do I put up a post about J.W. Hamburger than woodwright points out the Great American Auction sale coming up tomorrow.  I had previously reviewed the lots, but since I just did the post earlier this morning, one stuck out for me this time around.  The “Jelliff” chair on page 2 favors greatly in a comparison to a J.W. Hamburger “King William” armchair.  A few minor differences are the bottom of the seatback is rounded and the legs are reeded in the catalog.

The yellow arrows are elements that compare favorably.

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Compare this 1872 catalog image of a J.W. Hamburger sofa, model “King William Suit”, to a 7-piece parlor suite currently for sale as a John Jelliff.

The overall form is strikingly similar and a few decorative elements are very close to being the same but there are a few key differences:

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George Hunzinger furniture hasn’t graced the pages of Rare Victorian for a while, so I thought I’d alert Hunzinger fans to the sofa that is currently seeing very active bidding on Ebay. With 2 days to go, it has seen 20 bids and is standing at $5,500 – very close to the $5,750 that one of these sofas sold for at Neal Auction last year. I prefer the Neal Auction version with the gilt-incising and ebonized accents.

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There are some exciting new additions coming to Rare Victorian this week, so please be checking back over the coming days to see what is in store. I have been very busy behind the scenes and I still owe you a follow-up post to the Jenny Lind saga and it is in the works, but I wanted to make a quick announcement about one of the changes at Rare Victorian in the meantime.

I’ve opened a new Classifieds section on the main Rare Victorian site for everyone to have a prominent location to sell Victorian-oriented items to Victorian-oriented collectors. The 5-day listing is currently free to encourage you all to list some of your items and get the classifieds page started. There are also 30 and 120 day listings for a nominal flat fee (regardless of item value) and there are never final value fees of any kind.  There is a 50% discount when you list 5 or more items.  I welcome dealers to submit their items in the classifieds as well.

With Ebay you get a maximum listing duration of 10 days with fees that I don’t have to explain to you can get expensive.  Craigslist provides 30-day listings for free, but it is not a Victorian-only site with Victorian-only visitors as this one is and your Craigslist listing is limited to your geographic region.  Your classified ad here will literally reach the world of Victorian collectors.

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